Delavan v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Action by Tompkins C. Delavan and others against the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company and others. On motion for a temporary injunction.
1Opinion of the CourtGerard, J.
[1, 2] The plaintiffs move for a temporary injunction to restrain the New Haven Railroad Company from purchasing the control, through ownership of a majority of the stock, of the Rutland Railroad Company, the claim being that the Rutland is potentially, as well as actually, a competitor of the New York, New Haven & Hartford, and that therefore, under the federal anti-trust laws (Act July 2, 1890, c. 647, 26 Stat. 209 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3200]), the New Haven cannot purchase control of the Rutland; and they further contend that, independently of the federal statute, the acquisition of…
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